Large bit-strings

Todd Blanchard tblanchard at mac.com
Tue Jul 29 23:43:51 UTC 2003


I think all bits are the same size.  There are no "large" ones.
Sorry - I couldn't resist.

I think you want to use a ByteArray and work with that .

On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 05:11 PM, Jens Pall wrote:

> Hi
>
> Is there a way to work with very large bit-strings (50k - 100k bits) in
> Squeak? I could use a collection but I imagine that's a bit inefficient
> memory vise.
> Some basic operations I want to be able to do is to cut out a bit 
> sequences
> and convert it to a number and roll the string back and forth.
>
> Thanks,
> Jens
>
>



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